Derrick Coleman vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Derrick Coleman, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Player comparisons:
Career comparison / Season by season

Who had the better rookie season? Who had best stats in their 10th season? Who won a championship first? These questions and many others, are answered here.

Derrick Coleman played 15 years in the NBA, 1 more than Jerry West, who played 14. Derrick Coleman had the first of his seasons in 1990-91, while Jerry West had his rookie season in 1960-61. With that starting point, here you can take a look at each of their seasons side by side and compare how their careers evolved in achivements, awards and championships won, the stats they recorded both in the Regular Season and the Playoffs and how their teams performed in the postseason.

Their Careers
Player	Total Seasons	Playoffs Played	NBA Years
Derrick Coleman	15	7	1990-91 to 2004-05
Jerry West	14	13	1960-61 to 1973-74

Comparison Season by Season
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Rookie Season
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1990-91	1960-61
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	Rookie of the Year	-
	All-Rookie First Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	74	35.2	18.4	3.6	6.6	10.3	2.2	1.0	1.3	2.9	2.9	6.9	14.9	.467	0.2	0.5	.342	4.4	6.0	.731
Jerry West	79	35.4	17.6	-	-	7.7	4.2	-	-	-	2.7	6.7	16.0	.419	-	-	-	4.2	6.3	.666

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	12	38.4	22.9	-	-	8.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.3	8.3	16.8	.490	-	-	-	6.4	8.8	.726


Season 2
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1991-92	1961-62
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	65	34.0	19.8	3.1	6.4	9.5	3.2	0.8	1.5	3.8	2.6	7.4	14.7	.504	0.4	1.2	.303	4.6	6.0	.763
Jerry West	75	41.2	30.8	-	-	7.9	5.4	-	-	-	2.3	10.7	23.9	.445	-	-	-	9.5	12.3	.769

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	4	40.5	22.3	3.3	8.0	11.3	5.3	1.8	1.0	2.8	3.0	9.0	18.5	.486	0.3	1.5	.167	4.0	5.3	.762
Jerry West	13	42.8	31.5	-	-	6.8	4.4	-	-	-	2.9	11.1	23.8	.465	-	-	-	9.3	11.5	.807


Season 3
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1992-93	1962-63
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	76	36.3	20.7	3.3	8.0	11.2	3.6	1.2	1.7	3.2	2.8	7.4	16.1	.460	0.3	1.3	.232	5.5	6.9	.808
Jerry West	55	39.3	27.1	-	-	7.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.7	10.2	22.1	.461	-	-	-	6.7	8.7	.778

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	45.0	26.8	2.6	10.8	13.4	4.6	1.2	2.6	2.6	3.6	10.0	18.8	.532	1.0	2.4	.417	5.8	7.2	.806
Jerry West	13	41.4	27.8	-	-	8.2	4.7	-	-	-	2.6	11.1	22.0	.503	-	-	-	5.7	7.7	.740


Season 4
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1993-94	1963-64
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	All-NBA Third Team	-
	All-Star Game	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Nets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	77	36.1	20.2	3.4	7.9	11.3	3.4	0.9	1.8	2.7	2.7	7.0	15.7	.447	0.5	1.6	.314	5.7	7.4	.774
Jerry West	72	40.4	28.7	-	-	6.0	5.6	-	-	-	2.8	10.3	21.2	.484	-	-	-	8.1	9.8	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	4	43.3	24.5	4.8	9.5	14.3	2.5	0.5	1.3	4.5	3.0	6.8	17.0	.397	1.3	2.3	.556	9.8	12.5	.780
Jerry West	5	41.2	31.2	-	-	7.2	3.4	-	-	-	4.0	11.4	23.0	.496	-	-	-	8.4	10.6	.792


Season 5
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1994-95	1964-65
Team	New Jersey Nets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	56	37.6	20.5	3.0	7.6	10.6	3.3	0.6	1.7	3.1	2.9	6.6	15.6	.424	0.5	2.1	.233	6.7	8.8	.767
Jerry West	74	41.4	31.0	-	-	6.0	4.9	-	-	-	3.0	11.1	22.4	.497	-	-	-	8.8	10.7	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	11	42.7	40.6	-	-	5.7	5.3	-	-	-	3.4	14.1	31.9	.442	-	-	-	12.5	14.0	.890


Season 6
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1995-96	1965-66
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	11	26.7	11.2	1.2	5.4	6.5	2.8	0.4	0.9	2.5	2.7	4.4	10.7	.407	0.6	1.9	.333	1.8	2.9	.625
Jerry West	79	40.7	31.3	-	-	7.1	6.1	-	-	-	3.1	10.4	21.9	.473	-	-	-	10.6	12.4	.860

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	14	44.2	34.2	-	-	6.3	5.6	-	-	-	2.9	13.2	25.5	.518	-	-	-	7.8	8.9	.872


Season 7
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1996-97	1966-67
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Div Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	57	36.9	18.1	2.8	7.3	10.1	3.4	0.9	1.3	3.2	2.9	6.4	14.7	.435	0.6	2.1	.269	4.8	6.4	.745
Jerry West	66	40.5	28.7	-	-	5.9	6.8	-	-	-	2.4	9.8	21.0	.464	-	-	-	9.1	10.4	.878

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	1	1.0	0.0	-	-	1.0	0.0	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	0.0	-	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 8
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1997-98	1967-68
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA Second Team
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	59	36.2	17.6	2.5	7.4	9.9	2.5	0.8	1.2	2.7	2.4	6.0	14.7	.411	0.4	1.7	.265	5.1	6.6	.772
Jerry West	51	37.6	26.3	-	-	5.8	6.1	-	-	-	3.0	9.3	18.2	.514	-	-	-	7.7	9.5	.811

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	15	41.5	30.8	-	-	5.4	5.5	-	-	-	3.1	11.0	20.9	.527	-	-	-	8.8	11.3	.781


Season 9
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1998-99	1968-69
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	Finals MVP
	-	All-NBA Second Team
	-	All-Defensive Second Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	37	31.8	13.1	2.1	6.8	8.9	2.1	0.6	1.1	2.4	2.6	4.5	11.0	.414	0.2	0.9	.212	3.9	5.1	.753
Jerry West	61	39.2	25.9	-	-	4.3	6.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.9	19.0	.471	-	-	-	8.0	9.8	.821

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	18	42.1	30.9	-	-	3.9	7.5	-	-	-	2.9	10.9	23.5	.463	-	-	-	9.1	11.3	.804


Season 10
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	1999-00	1969-70
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Scoring Leader
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf 1st Rd	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	74	31.7	16.7	1.7	6.9	8.5	2.4	0.5	1.8	2.3	2.6	6.0	13.2	.456	0.7	1.9	.362	4.0	5.1	.785
Jerry West	74	42.0	31.2	-	-	4.6	7.5	-	-	-	2.2	11.2	22.6	.497	-	-	-	8.7	10.6	.824

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	4	42.0	20.3	2.5	10.0	12.5	3.5	0.8	3.0	3.3	2.8	6.8	14.3	.474	1.3	4.0	.313	5.5	7.0	.786
Jerry West	18	46.1	31.2	-	-	3.7	8.4	-	-	-	3.1	10.9	23.2	.469	-	-	-	9.4	11.8	.802


Season 11
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	2000-01	1970-71
Team	Charlotte Hornets	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Hornets Lost East Conf Semis	Did Not Play

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	34	20.1	8.1	1.4	4.1	5.4	1.1	0.3	0.6	1.2	1.6	2.9	7.5	.380	0.6	1.5	.392	1.9	2.7	.685
Jerry West	69	41.2	26.9	-	-	4.6	9.5	-	-	-	2.6	9.7	19.6	.494	-	-	-	7.6	9.1	.832

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	17.6	5.4	1.8	3.2	5.0	1.2	0.8	0.4	1.0	2.4	1.8	6.8	.265	0.4	1.6	.250	1.4	1.8	.778
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-


Season 12
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	2001-02	1971-72
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	Assists Leader
	-	All-Star Game
	-	All-Star Game NVP
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf 1st Rd	NBA Champion

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	58	35.9	15.1	2.9	5.9	8.8	1.7	0.7	0.9	2.1	2.7	5.7	12.7	.450	0.5	1.4	.337	3.2	3.9	.815
Jerry West	77	38.6	25.8	-	-	4.2	9.7	-	-	-	2.7	9.5	20.0	.477	-	-	-	6.7	8.2	.814

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	38.6	12.8	3.0	6.2	9.2	2.0	0.2	1.4	1.0	2.0	4.4	8.4	.524	0.8	2.6	.308	3.2	4.0	.800
Jerry West	15	40.5	22.9	-	-	4.9	8.9	-	-	-	2.6	8.5	22.7	.376	-	-	-	5.9	7.1	.830


Season 13
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	2002-03	1972-73
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-NBA First Team
	-	All-Defensive First Team
	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	76ers Lost East Conf Semis	Lakers Lost NBA Finals

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	64	27.2	9.4	2.4	4.7	7.0	1.4	0.8	1.1	1.5	2.7	3.5	7.8	.448	0.3	1.0	.328	2.1	2.7	.784
Jerry West	69	35.7	22.8	-	-	4.2	8.8	-	-	-	2.0	9.0	18.7	.479	-	-	-	4.9	6.1	.805

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	12	37.4	13.6	2.4	5.6	8.0	2.0	0.6	1.3	1.4	3.0	4.9	9.8	.500	0.3	0.8	.400	3.4	3.9	.872
Jerry West	17	37.5	23.6	-	-	4.5	7.8	-	-	-	2.9	8.9	19.8	.449	-	-	-	5.8	7.5	.780


Season 14
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	2003-04	1973-74
Team	Philadelphia 76ers	Los Angeles Lakers
Honors & Awards	-	All-Star Game
Playoffs	Did Not Play	Lakers Lost West Conf Semis

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	34	24.8	8.0	1.3	4.3	5.6	1.4	0.7	0.8	1.7	2.3	3.1	7.6	.413	0.2	1.1	.222	1.4	1.9	.754
Jerry West	31	31.2	20.3	1.0	2.8	3.7	6.6	2.6	0.7	-	2.6	7.5	16.7	.447	-	-	-	5.3	6.4	.833

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	1	14.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	-	1.0	2.0	9.0	.222	-	-	-	0.0	0.0	-


Season 15
	Derrick Coleman	Jerry West
Season	2004-05	-
Team	Detroit Pistons	-
Honors & Awards
Playoffs	Did Not Play	-

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Regular Season Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	5	10.0	1.8	0.6	2.4	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	1.2	0.6	2.8	.214	0.0	0.4	.000	0.6	0.6	1.000
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Playoffs Stats
	G	Min	Pts	ORb	DRb	Reb	Ast	Stl	Blk	TO	PF	FGM / A		%	3PM / A		%	FTM / A		%
Derrick Coleman	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jerry West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Derrick Coleman vs. Jerry West Season by Season Comparison

Side by side comparison of each NBA season of Jerry West and Derrick Coleman, from their rookie seasons to their last year played, in chronological order with awards, stats, championships and playoff performance of their teams every year.

Their Careers

Comparison Season by Season

Rookie Season

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15